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* In ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'', it's kinda messy to sort it out. On one hand, Cybertron clearly has an atmosphere, because we see a huge fire erupt in the pilot, space-traveling humans have no trouble breathing there, and some Decepticons are able to control the weather by creating acid rains. However, only one episode, ''War Dawn'', ever shows the presence of this atmosphere visibly, indicating that either the writers weren't communicating very well with the animators (quite possible, given that the writers were American and the animation was outsourced to South Korea) or the audience was simply treated to a disproportionate number of night shots (also quite possible, given that Cybertron became a rogue planet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet) in the aftermath of The Ultimate Doom).

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* In ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'', it's kinda messy to sort it out. On one hand, Cybertron clearly has an atmosphere, because we see a huge fire erupt in the pilot, space-traveling humans have no trouble breathing there, and some Decepticons are able to control the weather by creating acid rains. However, only one episode, ''War Dawn'', ever shows the presence of this atmosphere visibly, indicating that either the writers weren't communicating very well with the animators (quite possible, given that the writers were American and the animation was outsourced to South Korea) or the audience was simply treated to a disproportionate number of night shots (also quite possible, given that Cybertron became a rogue planet (http://en.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet) org/wiki/Rogue_planet rogue planet]] in the aftermath of The Ultimate Doom).

** [[spoiler: Though he is an [[EldritchAbomination Angel]] so we should be grateful to the fact he's following 90% of the laws of physics...]]** During TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, Rei also is in space, completely and utterly naked. [[AssimilationPlot And turning everyone into]] [[MemeticMutation tang]].

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', the Legionnaires can breathe in space thanks to their Flight Rings -and some of them like Supergirl because of their natural powers- but they still need additional devices to communicate with each other. Supergirl's ability to exist out of the boundaries of a planet comes up when she arrives in the 31st century.-->When she had slowed enough, Supergirl simply winked out of warp-time and found herself back in orbital space. Her lungs automatically tried to breathe, found vacuum, and ceased action. Kara willed them subconsciously to retain what oxygen they contained.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':** Calvin's Spaceman Spiff persona is once seen repairing his spaceship without adequate vacuum protection. This is ArtisticLicense on the part of the character rather than the author.** Calvin himself breathes in space just fine, such as in the strips where he sneezes himself into orbit, grows too large to stand on the Earth, or flies to Mars with Hobbes on his wagon.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]* Inelegantly averted in ''Film/TwelveToTheMoon'' where NASA apparently coughed up the extra cash to replace the astronaut's faceplates with "invisible force-screens" that they make a point to mention before the crew steps out (read: They didn't want to fuss with trying to work camera lighting around proper helmets.)** Two of the astronauts notice the rubber gasket on their EverythingSensor moving.-->'''Astronaut:''' There must be air. ''[Test this theory by taking off their helmets]''\\

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[[folder:Film [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]* Inelegantly averted in ''Film/TwelveToTheMoon'' where NASA apparently coughed up the extra cash to replace the astronaut's faceplates with "invisible force-screens" that they make a point to mention before the crew steps out (read: They didn't want to fuss with trying to work camera lighting around proper helmets.)** helmets). Two of the astronauts notice the rubber gasket on their EverythingSensor moving.-->'''Astronaut:''' There must be air. ''[Test ''[test this theory by taking off their helmets]''\\

* Abused in ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'': Superman talks in space. [[strike:Solar]] Nuclear Man uses his super-breath in space. To freeze Superman. Lacy ''screams'' in space. And by that point, the brain melts, if it hadn't already from everything else wrong with that film.** And in a deleted scene, he takes the boy who wrote to him saying he should destroy all of Earth's nuclear weapons for a flight around the Earth, without a spacesuit. At least in the comic book adaptation he gives him one.** Hilariously, at the end of the film, after defeating Nuclear-Man and Luthor asks him how he did it, Superman begins his answer with the words "High school physics..."

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* Abused in ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'': Superman talks in space. [[strike:Solar]] Nuclear Man uses his super-breath in space. To freeze Superman. Lacy ''screams'' in space. And by that point, the brain melts, if it hadn't already from everything else wrong with that film.** And in a deleted scene, he takes the boy who wrote to him saying he should destroy all of Earth's nuclear weapons for a flight around the Earth, without a spacesuit. At least in the comic book adaptation he gives him one.** Hilariously, at the end of the film, after defeating Nuclear-Man and Luthor asks him how he did it, Superman begins his answer with the words "High school physics..."''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** Abused in ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'':*** Superman talks in space. Nuclear Man uses his super-breath in space. To freeze Superman. Lacy ''screams'' in space. And by that point, the brain melts, if it hadn't already from everything else wrong with that film.*** And in a deleted scene, he takes the boy who wrote to him saying he should destroy all of Earth's nuclear weapons for a flight around the Earth, without a spacesuit. At least in the comic book adaptation he gives him one.*** Hilariously, at the end of the film, after defeating Nuclear-Man and Luthor asks him how he did it, Superman begins his answer with the words "High school physics..."

* In ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'', the gang was able to stand on a bare asteroid after Slartibartfast [[BystanderSyndrome extended an SEP field over them, thus making the problem of lack of air "Somebody Else's."]] Which is pretty irresponsible when you think about it...** Or rather not, as the concept of the SEP field is better summarised "not MY problem".

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* In ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'', the gang was is able to stand on a bare asteroid after Slartibartfast [[BystanderSyndrome extended an SEP field over them, thus making the problem of lack of air "Somebody Else's."]] Which is pretty irresponsible when you think about it...** it... Or rather not, as the concept of the SEP field is better summarised summarized "not MY problem".

--> '''Jeanie:''' [[=McAndrews'=]] face was beginning to blaze with the bright red of broken capillaries, ... His hands were yellow paws of surrogate flesh, his face and neck a bright blue coating of the ointment Wicklund had applied to them. The dribble of blood that had come from his mouth had spread its bright stain down his chin and over the front of his tunic, mixing in with the blue fabric to produce a horrible purple splash. ... He looked like a circus clown, all smears and streaks of different colors.

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--> '''Jeanie:''' -->'''Jeanie:''' [[=McAndrews'=]] face was beginning to blaze with the bright red of broken capillaries, ... His hands were yellow paws of surrogate flesh, his face and neck a bright blue coating of the ointment Wicklund had applied to them. The dribble of blood that had come from his mouth had spread its bright stain down his chin and over the front of his tunic, mixing in with the blue fabric to produce a horrible purple splash. ... He looked like a circus clown, all smears and streaks of different colors.

* The re-imagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' featured a season 3 episode where the Chief and Cally are forced to do an unprotected spacewalk (really just a jump into a waiting Raptor) when an airlock malfunctions and seals them in.** Treated pretty realistically, Cally is in pretty bad shape afterwards but the Chief is mostly OK, but then [[spoiler:he IS a cylon and thus can be expected to be a bit tougher to environmental hazards.]]

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* The re-imagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' featured a season 3 episode where the Chief and Cally are forced to do an unprotected spacewalk (really just a jump into a waiting Raptor) when an airlock malfunctions and seals them in.** in. Treated pretty realistically, Cally is in pretty bad shape afterwards but the Chief is mostly OK, but then [[spoiler:he IS a cylon and thus can be expected to be a bit tougher to environmental hazards.]]

* {{Music/Rammstein}} in their video for "[[{{Eagleland}} Amerika]]", where they appear on the Moon in astronaut suits but without helmets. [[spoiler: {{Justified|Trope}}, since the Moon surface where they perform is revealed InUniverse to be just a set.]]

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* {{Music/Rammstein}} Music/{{Rammstein}} in their video for "[[{{Eagleland}} Amerika]]", where they appear on the Moon in astronaut suits but without helmets. [[spoiler: {{Justified|Trope}}, since the Moon surface where they perform is revealed InUniverse to be just a set.]]

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]* In ''ComicStrip/{{Calvin and Hobbes}}'', Calvin's Spaceman Spiff persona is once seen repairing his spaceship without adequate vacuum protection. This is ArtisticLicense on the part of the character rather than the author.** Calvin himself breathes in space just fine, such as in the strips where he sneezes himself into orbit, grows too large to stand on the Earth, or flies to Mars with Hobbes on his wagon.

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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]][[folder:Pinballs]]* In ''ComicStrip/{{Calvin If the backglass and Hobbes}}'', Calvin's Spaceman Spiff persona is once seen repairing his spaceship without adequate vacuum protection. This is ArtisticLicense on AstralFinale of ''Pinball/JunkYard'' are taken into consideration, the part of the player character rather than the author.** Calvin himself breathes in flies into space just fine, such as in the strips where he sneezes himself into orbit, grows too large to stand on the Earth, or flies to Mars with Hobbes on nothing but a fish bowl for oxygen.* The MatchSequence for ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'' shows Captain B. Zarr flying through outer space in his wagon.rocket, with the cockpit open and exposing him to vacuum with no ill effects.

[[folder:Pinball]]* If the backglass and AstralFinale of ''Pinball/JunkYard'' are taken into consideration, the player character flies into space with nothing but a fish bowl for oxygen.* The MatchSequence for ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'' shows Captain B. Zarr flying through outer space in his rocket, with the cockpit open and exposing him to vacuum with no ill effects.[[/folder]]

* The RuleOfFun/[[RuleOfCool Cool]] physics of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' allow this: there is no oxygen in space, but whenever an object goes into space, it takes an "envelope" of air with it. So everyone can breathe in space, for a minute or handful on their own. The amount of air is proportional to the size of the object, which helps the crew of a huge ship, but not a giant, for example, since it uses proportionally as much air. After a while, the air becomes stale and eventually runs out, though far-traveling ships usually avoid it with air-creating spells or plants. Escape velocity or burning up in the atmosphere aren't problems -- if you go up high enough, you end up in space, simple as that. All of this was designed to allow SpacePirates to [[RuleOfCool stand on the decks of their wooden ships]]... [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]. Incidentally, the way gravity works is even weirder.** And that's within the solar system containing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crystal spheres]]. Outside, the universe is filled with volatile, gaseous phlogiston. You still have to worry about running out of air, but if you do, breathing phlogiston places living things in suspended animation. People preserved thusly can be revived even millennia later by giving them fresh air, with only a slight chance of death from shock. Putting people in air tight coffins for trips between crystal spheres makes for the ultimate budget travel option!* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' {{space marine}}s can survive in space even ''without'' their PoweredArmor for a prolonged periods of time. They're three metres tall {{Super Soldier}}s with bullet proof chests and can survive on a healthy diet of concrete and metal, so this doesn't receive much attention. They achieve this by holding their breath for quite some time, having specific adaptations that can create a hardened layer over the skin as a sort of organic vacuum suit and the ability to voluntarily enter a sort of deep coma with a metabolic rate near zero.

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* The RuleOfFun/[[RuleOfCool Cool]] physics of the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' setting ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' allow this: there is no oxygen in space, but whenever an object goes into space, it takes an "envelope" of air with it. So everyone can breathe in space, for a minute or handful on their own. The amount of air is proportional to the size of the object, which helps the crew of a huge ship, but not a giant, for example, since it uses proportionally as much air. After a while, the air becomes stale and eventually runs out, though far-traveling ships usually avoid it with air-creating spells or plants. Escape velocity or burning up in the atmosphere aren't problems -- if you go up high enough, you end up in space, simple as that. All of this was designed to allow SpacePirates to [[RuleOfCool stand on the decks of their wooden ships]]... [[RecycledInSpace In Space]]. Incidentally, the way gravity works is even weirder.** weirder.\\\And that's within the solar system containing system-containing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crystal spheres]]. Outside, the universe is filled with volatile, gaseous phlogiston. You still have to worry about running out of air, but if you do, breathing phlogiston places living things in suspended animation. People preserved thusly can be revived even millennia later by giving them fresh air, with only a slight chance of death from shock. Putting people in air tight airtight coffins for trips between crystal spheres makes for the ultimate budget travel option!* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' {{space marine}}s ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':** {{Space Marine}}s can survive in space even ''without'' their PoweredArmor for a prolonged periods of time. They're three metres tall {{Super Soldier}}s with bullet proof chests and can survive on a healthy diet of concrete and metal, so this doesn't receive much attention. They achieve this by holding their breath for quite some time, having specific adaptations that can create a hardened layer over the skin as a sort of organic vacuum suit and the ability to voluntarily enter a sort of deep coma with a metabolic rate near zero.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' features a type of shapeshifting wererats known as the Munchmausen Ratkin who, in addition to ignoring temperatures of absolute zero or burning hot lava, don't suffocate in a vacuum. It's heavily implied that they can do this because they're [[PowerBornOfMadness batshit insane]].

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* ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' features a type of shapeshifting wererats known as the Munchmausen Ratkin who, in addition to ignoring temperatures of absolute zero or burning hot lava, don't suffocate in a vacuum. It's heavily implied that they can do this because they're [[PowerBornOfMadness batshit insane]].

--> '''Billy''': We'd better hold our breath, this is a hard vacuum.--> '''Jimmy''': Good idea, bro!* The ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' NES game has a moon level, yet Scrooge [=McDuck=] doesn't get sprites of him in a space suit. Parodied [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEgzRtKC5o here]]:-->"Wait Uncle Scrooge you need a suit out there! How are you alive? You need heat! Also air!"** The remake finally explains why Scrooge can do that. He's been chewing oxygen-flavored taffy (Though this doesn't explain how he can survive the extreme cold and lack of air pressure, among other things).

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--> '''Billy''': -->'''Billy:''' We'd better hold our breath, this is a hard vacuum.--> '''Jimmy''': vacuum.\\'''Jimmy:''' Good idea, bro!* The ''VideoGame/DuckTales'' NES game game:** It has a moon level, yet Scrooge [=McDuck=] doesn't get sprites of him in a space suit. Parodied [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEgzRtKC5o here]]:-->"Wait --->"Wait, Uncle Scrooge you need a suit out there! How are you alive? You need heat! Also air!"** The remake finally explains why Scrooge can do that. He's been chewing oxygen-flavored taffy (Though (though this doesn't explain how he can survive the extreme cold and lack of air pressure, among other things).

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' The aliens that live on Xen before being teleported to Earth all appear to be able to breathe as well. Either they can all Breathe in Space, or Xen has some form of atmosphere similar to Earth.** The atmosphere would have to be similar between Earth and Xen; the Xenians wouldn't be able to survive for very long on Earth if it wasn't.** [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', Chell, seems to get by okay on ''the moon'' for a good twenty seconds or so, although this is presumably with all the air from Aperture Science being sucked toward her through the portal she placed up there (plus, in RealLife, death in vacuum is neither guaranteed nor instantaneous, [[RealityIsUnrealistic popular portrayals notwithstanding]]), and she ''does'' ultimately pass out once brought back to Earth.]]* During the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', it's possible to push [[SergeantRock Sergeant Johnson]] out of an airlock and onto the outer hull of the Cairo space station. He survives, despite wearing only his dress uniform. [[MemeticBadass While some would argue that Johnson is just that]], it's probably due more to a [[GoodBadBugs programming oversight]].* ''Inverted'' in ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram''--the Kerbals wear full spacesuits everywhere, even on their Earth-like home planet. They only remove their helmets in pressurized crew containers. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by some of the science blurbs on Kerbin: "I don't think a spacesuit was really necessary to get here, was it?"

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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':** In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' The aliens that live on Xen before being teleported to Earth all appear to be able to breathe as well. Either they can all Breathe in Space, or Xen has some form of atmosphere similar to Earth.** The atmosphere would have to be similar between Earth and Xen; the Xenians wouldn't be able to survive for very long on Earth if it wasn't.** [[spoiler:In In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', Chell, seems to get by okay on ''the moon'' for a good twenty seconds or so, although this is presumably with all the air from Aperture Science being sucked toward her through the portal she placed up there (plus, in RealLife, death in vacuum is neither guaranteed nor instantaneous, [[RealityIsUnrealistic popular portrayals notwithstanding]]), and she ''does'' ultimately pass out once brought back to Earth.]]Earth.* During the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', ''VideoGame/Halo2'', it's possible to push [[SergeantRock Sergeant Johnson]] out of an airlock and onto the outer hull of the Cairo space station. He survives, despite wearing only his dress uniform. [[MemeticBadass While some would argue that Johnson is just that]], it's probably due more to a [[GoodBadBugs programming oversight]].* ''Inverted'' in ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram''--the ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' -- the Kerbals wear full spacesuits everywhere, even on their Earth-like home planet. They only remove their helmets in pressurized crew containers. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by some of the science blurbs on Kerbin: "I don't think a spacesuit was really necessary to get here, was it?"

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', [[spoiler:the main character's Universe Persona allows him to levitate unaided into outer space for the final battle. Then again, he makes the trip from Earth to the core of Nyx's embodiment (the Moon) in just a minute or two from everyone's perspective, so some sort of metaphysical transportation might be involved. Whichever the reason is, it is presumably why he doesn't need a spacesuit]].

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* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', ''VideoGame/Persona3'', [[spoiler:the main character's Universe Persona allows him to levitate unaided into outer space for the final battle. Then again, he makes the trip from Earth to the core of Nyx's embodiment (the Moon) in just a minute or two from everyone's perspective, so some sort of metaphysical transportation might be involved. Whichever the reason is, it is presumably why he doesn't need a spacesuit]].

[[folder:Web Animation]]* Lampshaded at the very end of [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=UtN0RKPN6Xg this]] ''Random Crap with WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' video:-->'''Cheesecake:''' ''[floating through space]'' Oh well. [[NegativeContinuity At least the continuity in this random series is non-existent.]] [[SnapBack By the next episode, I'll probably be back home, safe and sound!]] Hey, ''wait a minute!'' How am I breathing?* Which gets lampshaded again by the very same character in ''Machinima/ZePyromancers'', at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIugPm9WD14 this video]] as a CallBack.[[/folder]]

* ''WebComic/StarMares'', being a FusionFic of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', features fighter pegasi who, while dressed like X-Wing and TIE Fighter pilots, can fly through space and fight without their fighter craft, with exposed wings, tails, and partially exposed heads. Rebels have the standard pilot helmet, while Imperials only have goggles over their eyes instead of the TIE Pilot helmet. Both do have gas masks over their muzzles to breathe, though, and other ponies do require full space suits. [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]], however, plays it completely straight, not requiring any such equipment to survive in space.

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* ''WebComic/StarMares'', ''Webcomic/StarMares'', being a FusionFic of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', features fighter pegasi who, while dressed like X-Wing and TIE Fighter pilots, can fly through space and fight without their fighter craft, with exposed wings, tails, and partially exposed heads. Rebels have the standard pilot helmet, while Imperials only have goggles over their eyes instead of the TIE Pilot helmet. Both do have gas masks over their muzzles to breathe, though, and other ponies do require full space suits. [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]], however, plays it completely straight, not requiring any such equipment to survive in space.

* Lampshaded at the very end of [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=UtN0RKPN6Xg this]] ''Random Crap with WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' video:--> '''Cheesecake: (floating through space)''' Oh well. [[NegativeContinuity At least the continuity in this random series is non-existent.]] [[SnapBack By the next episode, I'll probably be back home, safe and sound!]] Hey, ''wait a minute!'' How am I breathing?** Which gets lampshaded again by the very same character [[WebAnimation/ZePyromancers in a different series]] At the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIugPm9WD14 this video]] as a CallBack.

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* Lampshaded at the very end of [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=UtN0RKPN6Xg this]] ''Random Crap with WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' video:--> '''Cheesecake: (floating through space)''' Oh well. [[NegativeContinuity At least the continuity in this random series is non-existent.]] [[SnapBack By the next episode, I'll probably be back home, safe and sound!]] Hey, ''wait a minute!'' How am I breathing?** Which gets lampshaded again by the very same character [[WebAnimation/ZePyromancers in a different series]] At the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIugPm9WD14 this video]] as a CallBack.

* The kids in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' pulled this off. There is an explanation, but [[TheUnReveal Carl's singing]] [[TrollingCreator drowns it out]]. When interviewed about this the animators said that they decided that spacesuits would interfere with the expressions of the characters, so that InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace.

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* The kids in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' pulled pull this off. There is an explanation, but [[TheUnReveal Carl's singing]] [[TrollingCreator drowns it out]]. When interviewed about this the animators said that they decided that spacesuits would interfere with the expressions of the characters, so that InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace.

-->'''Michael Norman''': You're not sure how you became a ghost, are you really a ghost, are you sort of making this up as you go along?-->'''Zorak''': ''(stifles a laugh)''-->'''Space Ghost''': I... uhh... what, you think I'm lying?-->'''Michael Norman''': Do you require oxygen?-->'''Space Ghost''': Um... no.-->'''Michael Norman''': Well, then, I suppose you're not a living thing.-->'''Space Ghost''': Um... Oh! I mean, yes! I do! I do require oxygen!-->'''Michael Norman''': ''(sighs)''-->'''Space Ghost''': Um, I mean, no I don't?-->''(cut to commercial)''

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-->'''Michael Norman''': --->'''Michael Norman:''' You're not sure how you became a ghost, are you really a ghost, are you sort of making this up as you go along?-->'''Zorak''': ''(stifles along?\\'''Zorak:''' [stifles a laugh)''-->'''Space laugh]\\'''Space Ghost''': I... uhh... what, you think I'm lying?-->'''Michael Norman''': lying?\\'''Michael Norman:''' Do you require oxygen?-->'''Space Ghost''': oxygen?\\'''Space Ghost:''' Um... no.-->'''Michael Norman''': no.\\'''Michael Norman:''' Well, then, I suppose you're not a living thing.-->'''Space Ghost''': thing.\\'''Space Ghost:''' Um... Oh! I mean, yes! I do! I do require oxygen!-->'''Michael Norman''': ''(sighs)''-->'''Space Ghost''': oxygen!\\'''Michael Norman:''' [sighs]\\'''Space Ghost:''' Um, I mean, no I don't?-->''(cut don't?\\''[cut to commercial)''commercial]''

* After defeating Yellow Pinky in an outer space mission, WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel and Morocco Mole accidentally blow up their spacecraft. Until headquarters can send up a vehicle to retrieve them, the two consign themselves to playing checkers while floating about in space with no breathing apparatus.

* The novel "Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka" by L. Neil Smith, had the Oswaft, aliens who evolved in space and were perfectly happy there, absorbing enough loose atoms in a nebula to grow bigger than aircraft carriers. They could even do hyperspace jumps.

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* The novel "Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka" by L. Neil Smith, had ''Literature/LandoCalrissianAndTheStarcaveOfThonBoka'' has the Oswaft, aliens who evolved in space and were perfectly happy there, absorbing enough loose atoms in a nebula to grow bigger than aircraft carriers. They could even do hyperspace jumps.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', while they use breathing masks at the time, when Han, Leia, and Chewie venture outside the ''Millennium Falcon'' while hiding in what turns out to be a giant space slug, they don't seem to have any protection against decompression. One ''could'' assume the asteroid was large enough to have enough of some semblance of an atmosphere, or that the worm's innards are responsible.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Franchise/StarWars'': ** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', while they use breathing masks at the time, when Han, Leia, and Chewie venture outside the ''Millennium Falcon'' while hiding in what turns out to be a giant space slug, they don't seem to have any protection against decompression. One ''could'' assume the asteroid was large enough to have enough of some semblance of an atmosphere, or that the worm's innards are responsible.responsible.** In ''Film/TheLastJedi'', a rebel ship gets blasted and Leia is sucked out into space. She is able to use the Force to pull herself back to an airlock. Downplayed as she then goes into a coma and needs life support for a while before recovering.

* The last third of the ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' is entirely set in space and there's no mention that our very human protagonist has any problem breathing as he jumps off the Sun and flies to Mars. To be fair, this was written in 1324, so [=NASA=] didn't have the funding to correct Dante's error.

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